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           SomepeoplesaidshehadgonetoNaplesinpursuitofLordSteyne,whilstothersaverredthathisLordshipquittedthatcityandfledtoPalermoonhearingofBecky’sarrival;somesaidshewaslivinginBierstadt,andhadbecomeadamed’honneurtotheQueenofBulgaria;somethatshewasatBoulogne;andothers,ataboarding-houseatCheltenham.

           Rawdonmadeheratolerableannuity,andwemaybesurethatshewasawomanwhocouldmakealittlemoneygoagreatway,asthesayingis.HewouldhavepaidhisdebtsonleavingEngland,couldhehavegotanyInsuranceOfficetotakehislife,buttheclimateofCoventryIslandwassobadthathecouldborrownomoneyonthestrengthofhissalary.Heremitted,however,tohisbrotherpunctually,andwrotetohislittleboyregularlyeverymail.HekeptMacmurdoincigarsandsentoverquantitiesofshells,cayennepepper,hotpickles,guavajelly,andcolonialproducetoLadyJane.HesenthisbrotherhometheSwampTownGazette,inwhichthenewGovernorwaspraisedwithimmenseenthusiasm;whereastheSwampTownSentinel,whosewifewasnotaskedtoGovernmentHouse,declaredthathisExcellencywasatyrant,comparedtowhomNerowasanenlightenedphilanthropist.LittleRawdonusedtoliketogetthepapersandreadabouthisExcellency.

           Hismothernevermadeanymovementtoseethechild

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